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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, which boy is the only to leave when it gets close to curfew?
(a) Todd.
(b) Pitts.
(c) Cameron.
(d) Charlie.

2. What sound interrupts Nolan during an assembly in Chapter 10?
(a) Dog barking.
(b) Telephone ringing.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Train.

3. Who does Knox find himself seated next to at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Steve and Angel.
(b) Chris and Chet.
(c) Bubba and Patsy.
(d) Ginny and her boyfriend.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Charlie hold as Neil enters the meeting late?
(a) Apple.
(b) Harmonica.
(c) Poetry book.
(d) Old saxophone.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Knox drink at the Danburry party?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Mountain Dew.
(d) Coke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does Neil get to rehearsals at Henley Hall?

2. What type of jackets do Todd and Neil wear at the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. Who said, "Only the contest made me a poet, a sophist, an orator"?

4. What instrument lessons did Charlie's parents make him take?

5. What does one of the girls pass around to drink at the cave in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Todd depressed in Chapter 9?

2. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 8, why does Neil carry a lampshade to the Dead Poets Society Meeting?

4. Why does Nolan speak with Keating in Chapter 10?

5. What does Keating say to Charlie about writing the article?

6. How is the weather described at the beginning of Chapter 11?

7. What does Charlie name the cave and what does that mean for the future?

8. Why doesn't McAllister think the boys will turn out to be conformists?

9. What advice does Keating give Neil about his father's demand that he quit acting?

10. Why does a meeting of the Dead Poets Society end abruptly in Chapter 8?

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